The Mighty PA Team raises $13,100
 Very early in the morning on the 5th July, a team of over 100 people from the PA Hospital competed in the Gold Coast Marathon. They called themselves "The Mighty PA Team" and the goal was to raise as much money as they could to support the work being done on this campus for cancer research.
Championed by one of the PA's very own — Connie Freeman — the challenge was to play her part in the fight against cancer. "In my family I have had my mother, aunty and father in-law who have had or are going through cancer treatment. "It is difficult to watch someone you love battle cancer, knowing that you can’t give them any guarantees, you can’t control the prognosis and you can’t wave that “magic wand” for a clean bill of health. Ultimately at times you feel helpless, though you do all you can to support them. "In an attempt to combat this feeling of helplessness I have been motivated to recruit a team of runners to help raise money for cancer research. In raising funds for continued research I hope to ultimately help not only my family, but all patients fighting this disease and hope that my efforts will contribute towards that “magic wand” called a cure."
The event resulted in a Mighty effort from all participants with personal bests broken, new first time records achieved and fund-raising efforts over and above expectations. Thanks to the efforts of our participants
and their supporters the
Mighty PA Team has raised $13,100 for cancer research.
 The funds raised by the Mighty PA Team have gone towards the purchase of a much needed Freeze Drier Machine, which can coat cancer gene-silencing drugs in a vehicle that allows them to travel safely through the human immune system and switch off cancer cells at the site of tumours.
This machine means that our researchers can now package gene silencing drugs which will allow them to investigate the feasibility of combining this technology with low dose chemotherapeutic agents in cancer treatment. The ultimate outcome of the research could lessen the need for aggressive and evasive cancer treatments like surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. "Having this machine on the
PA hospital campus will significantly increase our research productivity as we will now be able to perform this procedure on site." Sherry Wu UQ PhD
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